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Valentine’s Day Google Doodle Depicts All Forms of Love [VIDEO]Cupid’s big day is upon us again, and Google is celebrating the Feb. 14 holiday with an animated Doodle that demonstrates the limitations of the company’s search engine when romance is thrown into the mix. The 71-second Valentine’s Day animation on Google‘s homepage tells th... Lost at the Supermarket? Grocery App Will Light Your Way [VIDEO]The grocery store will no longer be able to fool us by rearranging aisles, once a new indoor navigation smartphone app goes live. The app, called ByteLight, will direct you to the items you’re looking for — presuming the store has added the cheap LED light bulbs it requires. Jus... Hashtag Marketing: 9 Ways to Avert DisasterDavid Berkowitz is senior director of emerging media & innovation for digital marketing agency 360i, where he develops social media and mobile programs for marketers spanning the media & entertainment, retail, travel, and CPG industries. Marketers creating campaigns centered on hashtags... 10 Reasons Twitter Is Sexier Than Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]It’s no secret people behave differently, depending on the social network. Sometimes it’s the audience you’re speaking to. Sometimes it’s the people you know are following your every move (hi, mom). The differences are especially apparent in regard to sex. In anticipation of ... Is Obama Leaving NASA Lost in Space?When President Obama released his 2013 budget on Monday, we looked for the science and tech winners of the proposal. But one part of the plan is leaving some space geeks adrift: NASA’s Mars goals are being put on the back burner. Obama’s plan would reduce NASA’s planetary scienc... Twitter Investors, Including Employees, Can Only Sell 20% of Their Stock [REPORT]In a move designed to forestall an IPO for as long as possible, Twitter has a rule barring any investor, including employees, from selling more than 20% of their stock, according to a report. Twitter initiated the rule about a year ago, but it hadn’t been made public, according to CNNMoney.... Tic Tac Launches Augmented Reality-Enabled Times Square BillboardsTic Tac is the latest major brand to embrace augmented reality, and it is doing so in a big way: With three billboards in New York’s Times Square. The billboards are the latest element of Tic Tac’s “Shake It Up” campaign, which centers around a mobile app (for iOS or Andro... How to Create Your Own Nicest Place on the InternetAmongst the crossfire of impersonal pings, tweets and comments, the Nicest Place on the Internet has managed to carve out a cocoon of kindness online by playing videos of stranger-submitted hugs. Now it has launched a way for anyone to create a personalized version of the site — a “hu... Social Media Helps Grammys Achieve Huge Ratings in Broadcast and Social TVThe 54th Annual Grammy Awards was a huge hit across social, digital and broadcast platforms. Excitement for the return of Adele, as well as the tribute to the late Whitney Houston kept viewers engaged online and off. CBS reported that 39.9 million viewers tuned in to Sunday’s award show, th... Dr. Google Will See You Now: Search Can Identify Causes of Health SymptomsThe next time you need to identify a mysterious pain in your body, you could look it up in Google Search, and Google will tell you directly on the results page what might be the possible cause of your symptoms. “You might be trying to understand why you’ve had a headache every morn... |